From THR.com/Asia A little-known deputy film censor has been promoted to oversee China’s rapidly growing movie industry, sources inside the State Administration of Radio Film and Television told The Hollywood Reporter on...
Read MoreChinese critics are praising the success of the movie “Slumdog Millionaire” as an indirect way to complain about the lack of freedom for directors in China: “The fate of this movie in India displays a sharp...
Read MoreFrom AP, via International Herald Tribune: Gong Li has worked with Chinese directors who don’t use scripts and those who are keen on structure. She’s also worked with Hollywood filmmakers. Now, the Chinese actress says she’s ready for anything. “When I first started in the movie industry I worked with Zhang Yimou. He’s the kind […]
Read MoreFrom Slate.com: China has one of the world’s most straightforward industrial policies: Identify successful foreign industries, determine what makes them successful, and clone them. This strategy has worked well in telecommunications, where China’s Huawei(Âçé‰∏∫) makes products so similar to Cisco‘s that Cisco has sued for patent and copyright infringement. Similarly, China Unicom just launched the […]
Read MoreFilm censorship has long plagued China’s creative arts industry and stifled foreign products seeking domestic Chinese audiences. The shrinking space for artistic expression, along with rising nationalism, has exposed artists and...
Read MoreDiscontented with the ending of “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” during which the titular supervillain Gru and his partner-in-crime Wild Knuckles escape arrest alongside three yellow bean-shaped minions, China’s censors gave it...
Read MoreOn November 27, Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai’s “Revolution of Our Times” was crowned best documentary film at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Festival. The award provided a moment of celebration for the film’s subjects, the millions of Hong...
Read MoreIn the 404 Files podcast (404档案馆), CDT Chinese tells multimedia stories of censorship and circumvention in China. The following is a translation of the transcript of Episode 36, released on October 27, a deep dive into why films...
Read MoreLiang Yongping, founder of the video subtitling group and streaming site YYeTs Renren Yingshi (人人影视), was given a hefty fine and sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for piracy. He was arrested in February along with 13 others. The...
Read MoreMarvel blockbuster “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” has not yet been released in China, despite starring Hong Kong megastar Tony Leung and featuring extensive Mandarin dialogue. It is unclear why the movie has not...
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